#497CA3#497CA3

#497CA3 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.185; OKLCH L 56.7% C 0.082 H 243.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#497CA3
RGB	rgb(73, 124, 163)
HSL	hsl(206, 38%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(206, 55%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.2%, 23.9%, 0%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.07, -5.49, -26.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.07, 26.65, 258.12°)
OKLab	oklab(56.7% -0.0372 -0.0729)
OKLCH	oklch(56.7% 0.082 243)
XYZ	xyz(16.5638, 18.4747, 37.3363)
Luminance	0.1848 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#497CA3 #A37049

analogous

#49A39D #497CA3 #494FA3

triadic

#497CA3 #A3497C #7CA349

tetradic

#497CA3 #9D49A3 #A37049 #4FA349

square

#497CA3 #9D49A3 #A37049 #4FA349

split-complementary

#497CA3 #A3494F #A39D49

monochromatic

#233C4E #365C79 #497CA3 #6C9ABD #96B7D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.47

#497CA3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.70

#497CA3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #497CA3

4.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##497CA3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##497CA3	1.00	4.47	4.70	4.70
#FFFFFF	4.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B7CA5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F73A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#098589

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #497ca3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 124, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.7% 0.082 243.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82a1be',
    500: '#497ca3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #497ca3;
$custom-light: #82a1be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#497ca3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 124,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206,
    "s": 38.136,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56696,
    "c": 0.08187,
    "h": 243
  },
  "luminance": 0.18476
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#497CA3

secondary

#BCA18C

accent

#8C5ACE

background

#F8F9FB

surface

#EFF2F6

border

#CACCD0

text

#0B0F12

muted

#7C7E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #497CA3

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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